Vanthoor - Porsche fastest during session 3 today
Session 3 this morning didn’t see any GTP improving previous sessions fastest lap with Vanthoor’s best lap more than a second slower than Blomqvist’s combined session benchmark. GTD PRO class saw combined session’s benchmark improvement.
Session 3 slowest in GTP
Laurens Vanthoor driving #6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963 was fastest on Friday morning session with a 1:36.475, 0.066s faster than Ricky Taylor, who was second in the #10 Cadillac V-Series.R for Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing.
Vanthoor’s best lap was still more than one second slower than Blomqvist’s combined session benchmark set Thursday morning during session 1.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at ROLEX 24 at Daytona 2026. #6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at ROLEX 24 at Daytona 2026. #10 Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R
Six drivers setting fastest lap combined sessions in LMP2
In LMP2 class, six drivers did set their team’s fastest lap of combined sessions.
Charles Milesi driving TDS Racing’s #11 ORECA LMP2 07 was fastest in class with a 1:39.909 seconds. With Enzo Fittipaldi in #73 Pratt Miller Motorsports’ Oreca, setting the second-fastest with a 1:39.983 they are the only ones under the 1:40’ mark of session 3. They are respectively fourth and sixth of combined sessions results LMP2 class.
G. Saucy (#22 United Autosports), M. Jensen (#2 United Autosports), L. Sargeant (#18 Era Motorsport) and Sebastien Bourdais (#8 Tower Motorsports) were the four other drivers improving their team’s fastest lap of combined sessions during session 3 still above the 1:40’ mark.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at ROLEX 24 at Daytona 2026. TDS Racing’s #11 ORECA LMP2 07 (left); #73 Pratt Miller Motorsports’ Oreca (right).
Maro Engel sets combined sessions fastest lap
Maro Engel in the #75 Mercedes-AMG GT3 of 75 Express was quickest in GTD Pro and did set the fastest lap of combined sessions after logging a run at 1:46.251, 0.620 faster than Max Hesse driving Paul Miller Racing’s #1 BMW M4 GT3 EVO, second of the session.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at ROLEX 24 at Daytona 2026. #75 Mercedes-AMG GT3 of 75 Express with #1 BMW M4 GT3 EVO in background.
Two Corvettes dominate GTD class
Scott McLaughlin driving DXDT Racing’s #36 Corvette Z06 GT3.R was fastest of GTD after nailing a flyer of 1:47.155 seconds which is still 0.774 seconds slower than V. Hasse Clot’s fastest lap of combined sessions in 1:46.325 with #19 Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo. A second Corvette was in the top two of GTD class, with Giacomo Altoe in DragonSpeed’s #81 hitting a lap of 1:47.303.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at ROLEX 24 at Daytona 2026. DXDT Racing’s #36 Corvette Z06 GT3.R (left); DragonSpeed’s #81 (right).
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📷 © Luc Warnotte at ROLEX 24 at Daytona 2026. #93 Acura ARX-06 in Rolex 24 Pole Position
📷© Luc Warnotte at Daytona 2026. Three manufacturers within 0.146" during session 1
